CVE-2014-8118

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in RPM 4.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CPIO header in the payload section of an RPM file, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

RPM: through 4.12.0; 1.2, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2 (+102)

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3129
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:251
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:056
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3129
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:251
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:056
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22

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